{"id":101917,"date":"2022-12-12T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101917"},"modified":"2022-12-12T16:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:18:16","slug":"why-i-deleted-tweet-condemning-deborahs-murder-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/why-i-deleted-tweet-condemning-deborahs-murder-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I deleted tweet condemning Deborah\u2019s murder -Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that he deleted his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy, because the tweet was shared without his approval.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>During the Channels Television people\u2019s town hall meeting on Sunday, Atiku was asked why he deleted the tweet where he condemned the act.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Atiku said, \u201cI asked the tweet to be deleted because I normally approve every tweet and since I did not approve the tweet, I asked them to delete it. If you read my subsequent statement on that murder, I condemned it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Deborah\u2019s murder, a tweet via Atiku\u2019s verified page had read, \u201cThere cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. Deborah Yakubu was murdered and all those behind her death must be brought to justice. My condolences to her family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku\u2019s deleted tweet<br \/>\nA few hours after the post, Atiku deleted the tweet and took to Facebook to justify his actions.<\/p>\n<p>In a message on his verified Hausa page, the former Vice President distanced himself from the message. He also stated that any message on social media without the initials \u201cA. A.\u201d was not his.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis evening I received information that a post was made that doesn\u2019t agree with my orders. I use this to announce that any post without A. A. is not from me. May God protect us,\u201d he wrote in Hausa language.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former vice president came under fire following his actions.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that he deleted his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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